ABS-CBN News – Marcos: PH should have been a Singapore now

MANILA (UPDATED) – The Philippines would not be experiencing the problems it has today if his father was not ousted from power by the first EDSA People Power Revolution, whose 25th anniversary the country is celebrating this week, Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday.

Asked what the country’s situation would be if the late former President Ferdinand Marcos remained in the presidency, the senator replied, “Eh siguro Singapore na tayo ngayon.”

Singapore is one of Asia’s Tiger economies, where the quality of life is considered among the best in the world.

Marcos said his father had many plans to improve the country, which did not push through because of EDSA 1.

The elder Marcos was ousted after the four-day uprising, which catapulted to power the late former President Corazon Aquino, the mother of the incumbent President.

Marcos believes the promises of 1986 have yet to be realized.

He said one only has to look at objective indicators such as the country’s economy, the quality of life of the people, and the Philippines’ standing in the international community to judge whether EDSA 1 changed things for the better.